Year 6 Virtual School
29 June 2020
Maths
It’s Mixed Maths today – hooray! We’re revising some fractions bits before tackling a tricky problem.
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English
English today is guided reading. Listen to the text being read here
Click here for a copy of the text, the questions are here and the task sheet is here.
Year 6 Virtual School
30 June 2020
Maths
We are nearly done with our revision booklet, well done! Today, we have a practice test, involving everything we have learnt about this year.
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Click here for the worksheet if you don’t have yours.
Click here for the answers.
English
This is it! This is the moment you have all been waiting for – it’s time to put all your creativity into action today and write the first half of your own Greek myth. You’ll be writing the second half tomorrow. You need to write about a page and a half today. Here is the lesson.
Click here to run through the answers to your guided reading activity from yesterday
You can find a PDF copy of the answers Poor Ginger Answers .
Your spelling lesson this week is on words with unstressed vowels. Get familiar with your key words for this week here.
Year 6 Virtual School
1 July 2020
Maths
Today is our final lesson in our revision booklet. We’ll finish our practice test before a grand finale challenge.
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Click here for the worksheet if you don’t have yours.
Click here for the answers.
English
It’s the final day of your Greek myths unit today! Watch the film to see how it’s done, then finish your own myth. We can’t wait to read them. Here is the film.
In grammar today, you will need pages 41 – 45 of your revision book. They’re here, if you need them.
And here is a short film talking you through the lesson.
You can find your history quiz answers from yesterday here .
Year 6 Virtual School
2 July 2020
Maths
Two dreadful pieces of news. Watch today’s video to find out more…
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English
We are starting a whole new book today in English – woohoo! It’s called Ghost and it’s about a teenage boy. Here is the lesson.
Class book is now part of English. You HAVE to listen to this before tomorrow’s lesson. Sorry – I know it is a lot of listening but you need to know the story (you can pause the film whenever to discuss / recap / summarise the events and to keep focussed).
Here is the film – sorry it cuts off suddenly, the camera died!
Your handwriting lesson this week is on missing word sentences. Click here to watch the video.
Click here for a copy of the worksheet.
Click here for an example of some modelled handwriting
Year 6 Virtual School
3 July 2020
Maths
What a joyous way to end another fantastical week! Missing numbers! Delicious.
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English
We are carrying on with Ghost by Jason Reynolds. Here is the chapter that you must listen to before you can do the lesson
Here is the lesson (you HAVE to have listened to the class book chapter first though!).
Ready for your spelling test? Good luck!
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Contact
Humanities
Have you ever wondered what happened at the Ancient Olympic Games in the city state of Olympia? Well, wonder no more! After this week you’ll be experts! You will compare the events and rituals of the Ancient Olympic Games to the modern Olympics.
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Click here for your booklet pages and here for your task sheet for this week.
Mr Bakas leads a virtual tour of the Olympic Games here
Art & Music
Art
This week we’re creating a Queenie McKenzie inspired landscape featuring a kangaroo! McKenzie, an indigenous Australian artist used natural colours harmoniously. Some say every picture tells a story, what will yours be? Click here for this week’s art lesson with Mr Yusuf, and follow along with the help sheet!
Music
Welcome to the first full school music lesson. We are going to focus on listening and singing today. Try find some time this week to compose using online software that we’ve looked at in previous lessons. Enjoy!
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Science
What is the difference between energy types and energy sources? Click here to find out.
Click here for the worksheet if you don’t have yours.
Active
Yoga
Click here for this week’s energising yoga flow with Ms. Fraser.
Dance
Click here for this week’s Dance lesson with Delene.
French
Bonjour Year six!
Make sure to click here to watch our Star Francaise video to see all the amazing work I have received.
This week’s activity is understanding the gist of a simple text using familiar language. This simple text is a really fun song which allows us to explore questions words, feelings and high frequency verbs, the position of French adjectives in a sentence and liaisons.
Click here for our lesson.
If you would like to practise your song, click here for the lyrics!
Au revoir :)
Wellbeing
This week we are looking at what to do when you are feeling bored.
Click here for today’s lesson.